Labour cost of replacing all x4 speakers

[Justthejedi]

Hi, I have been quoted £150 labour charge to swap all 4 speakers which sounds a lot to me, I was thinking more along the lines of £60-£80? Does anyone know how long it would take and is it easy or tricky? One garage didn't even want to do it and another one didn't ring back with a price. Anybody local to me with the expertise fancy doing it for cash in hand?

[-Bradders-]

I'd always take a crack at it myself, i used to do audio installation on weekends! done loads of builds but i heard the bose system can be a bit tricky! There's probably a guide on the site somewhere!

[BulletMagnet]

You could use your Jedi Mindtricks and get it done for free

 

But honestly, door speakers can be done in an hour and rears in about the same.

Not that hard to do yourself to be honest

[Justthejedi]

You could use your Jedi Mindtricks and get it done for free

 

But honestly, door speakers can be done in an hour and rears in about the same.

Not that hard to do yourself to be honest

Ha ha! I tried "You will fit my speakers for free" but my powers are weak these days , he still said £150. You got me thinking now maybe I should have a go.

[Rocky4510]

Where you from mate? Is be happy to help if you're local to reading

 

But yeah, I done mine myself and it was easy enough. I defiantly wouldn't pay to get it done (probably cause I'm a tight arsee )

 

 

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[Justthejedi]

Where you from mate? Is be happy to help if you're local to reading

 

But yeah, I done mine myself and it was easy enough. I defiantly wouldn't pay to get it done (probably cause I'm a tight arsee )

 

 

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Thanks for the offer bud but I' m miles away from you in Rugby, Warwickshire.

[BulletMagnet]

Shame I'm too far away too

 

But if you take your time and read up on how to remove door cards and the plastics in the back, you should be good to go

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/33656-running-aftermarket-speaker-wire-to-the-doors/

 

http://liljerk.morpheus.net/350Z/front_speakers/

[WhackyWill]

Couple of hours work on a nice afternoon, will feel a lot more satisfaction

 

doing it yourself and £150 still in your pocket towards more mods.

[shire350Z]

I'm about to do this myself as well, reading up shouldn't be that much of a job! Can't bare the skipping Bose anymore just want to try and keep the steering wheel controls as well

[Keyser]

We did it on Busters Zed - really easy just get an airsaw

 

 

and a big disk sander

 

 

 

You can get into them in no time with that setup

 

 

Only joking we were doing this -

 

 

 

 

 

looked good finished though

 

[BulletMagnet]

I'm about to do this myself as well, reading up shouldn't be that much of a job! Can't bare the skipping Bose anymore just want to try and keep the steering wheel controls as well

How did you manage all these years?

 

Basically if you can do a window reset, you can install speakers (in terms of getting door card off)

[Justthejedi]

Thankyou guys, really appreciate the positivity and responses on this, I'm going to have a crack at it myself, are there any special tools needed to remove the plastics without breaking them? Do I need any electrical parts?

[BulletMagnet]

10mm socket, Philips screwdriver, I pair of human hands, speakers, speaker wire (unless re-using existing wiring), tea / coffee (delete as appropriate), patience, common sense.

 

All I can think of right now

 

[Vlad]

Where you from mate? Is be happy to help if you're local to reading

 

But yeah, I done mine myself and it was easy enough. I defiantly wouldn't pay to get it done (probably cause I'm a tight arsee )

 

 

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Thanks for the offer bud but I' m miles away from you in Rugby, Warwickshire.

I'm in southam mate and can help you for free

[BulletMagnet]

Where you from mate? Is be happy to help if you're local to reading

 

But yeah, I done mine myself and it was easy enough. I defiantly wouldn't pay to get it done (probably cause I'm a tight arsee )

 

 

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Thanks for the offer bud but I' m miles away from you in Rugby, Warwickshire.

I'm in southam mate and can help you for free

 

Zeditis Virus is always free

Pass it on Vlad

[Vlad]

I'm a hopeless case of Zeditis

[glrnet]

10mm socket, Philips screwdriver, I pair of human hands, speakers, speaker wire (unless re-using existing wiring), tea / coffee (delete as appropriate), patience, common sense.

 

All I can think of right now

Beer to finish.

[glrnet]

This may also help once you have the plastics and the door card off:-

 

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/72441-how-to-replace-the-front-bose-speakers-with-alpine-65-speakers-spacer/page__hl__glrnet

[Justthejedi]

Where you from mate? Is be happy to help if you're local to reading

 

But yeah, I done mine myself and it was easy enough. I defiantly wouldn't pay to get it done (probably cause I'm a tight arsee )

 

 

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Thanks for the offer bud but I' m miles away from you in Rugby, Warwickshire.

I'm in southam mate and can help you for free

Thankyou for the offer Vlad, appreciate it but I have roped a work colleague to help me at my workplace.

[Justthejedi]

This may also help once you have the plastics and the door card off:-

 

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/72441-how-to-replace-the-front-bose-speakers-with-alpine-65-speakers-spacer/page__hl__glrnet

Exactly what I have got for the rears and some hertz DSK 165.3 for the doors. So these should be a massive improvement over the standard ones.

[Hooch]

Porbably a bit late now but If you don't want to destroy the originals use these: http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/nissan-micra-almera-speaker-adapters